Jack Tapper at ABC News seems amused by a picture of Obama’s brand cigarettes that a reader from Florida sent. Apparently, the presidential pleasure sticks are manufactured by a Uruguayan company, Montepaz, and sold in the States. Aside from that, there’s little information about the smokes.This, however, is not the…
Yesterday Riptide had some fun with Bobbie Bean, the mallet-waving, melon-farming outsider Senate candidate who snagged a spot on the ballot above Gov. Charlie Crist. Bean hadn’t returned our call, so we didn’t have much to go on for our piece beyond his colorful website.Well, this morning Bean got back…
Reports that Democrat Kendrick Meek would drop out of the Senate race to give independent Charlie Crist a clear shot at Republican Marco Rubio seem to be unfounded, and this morning Crist didn’t sound like a man who was making backroom deals with Democrats. That’s not to say he’s still…
Just days after The Wall Street Journal was floating severely under-sourced rumors that Kendrick Meek may be forced out of the senate race by his own party, President Obama has recorded a strongly worded radio ad for the Democratic candidate. It may be a little late in the game, but…
Bobbie Bean, the would-be U.S. senator from Florida, glares at the camera and hefts a huge wooden mallet. “You vote for me,” he says, “and I got a way to, uh, loosen up the Congress.” Sound like your kind of politician? You’re in luck, because Bean is not only listed…
Democrat Kendrick Meek may drop out of the senate race giving a independent Charlie Crist an big boost in his chances of defeating conservative Republican Marco Rubio, according to an explosive new report from The Wall Street Journal. Whoa, but is the candidate who just yesterday refused to share an…
Democratic Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek has declined the endorsement of influential environmental group the Sierra Club by basically claiming that he’s greener than them. What’s got Meek so mad? Well, the group made a joint endorsement throwing their support behind Charlie Crist as well…
Billionaire Norman Braman’s quest to have Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez recalled was officially approved by the Clerk of Courts yesterday. Today, and effort to recall five county commissioners was launched by a political action committee called Miami Voice. The targeted commissioners: Barbara J. Jordan (District 1), Audrey M. Edmonson (District…
Despite the fact the outrageous fight for his former seat, former Senator Mel Martinez has been relatively quiet on the political front. Though Martinez, who also had brief stints in George W. Bush’s cabinet and has chairman of the Republican National Committee, is now speaking out against his party’s efforts…
Florida celebs seem to have no problem getting involved with national politics. Gloria Estefan held a found raiser at her house with President Obama. Alonzo Mourning is set to do the same on Monday. Part time resident Pharrell Williams partied with Bill Clinton at LIV for another fundraiser. What you…
Despite the fact that immigration issues have become a central theme of the 2010 midterm elections, a new poll finds that many Hispanic voters are disillusioned and might not vote at all. Meanwhile, voters who are in favor of Arizona-style laws are fired up and ready to vote, resulting in…
Good idea: Bolivian President Evo Morales celebrating a new soccer pitch in La Paz by playing in a friendly match between his ruling party and a team led by the capital’s mayor and his opposition party.Bad idea: Evo Morales ruining the spirit by kneeing an opposing player right in the…
Florida Tea Partiers are shedding a single tear of freedom — much like a majestic bald eagle weeping for the future of America — because Sarah Palin just nixed her speech scheduled this Wednesday at American Airlines Arena.The problem? “There was a scheduling conflict,” Marcos Sendon, head of South Florida…
The race to replace carpetbagger Mario Diaz-Balart in congressional District 25 is heating up, and Democrat Joe Garcia has taken to the airwaves with an ad claiming his Republican opponent David Rivera once rammed into a truck on the Palmetto Expressway and ran it off the road to stop a…
As most other Democratic senate candidates in the nation try to scuttle to the political middle in the face of a climate that’s supposedly hostile to liberals, Florida’s Kendrick Meek is in the unique position of reminding everyone, proudly, that he’s a tried and true Democrat. That’s because Independent candidate…
It’s really no surprise that Florida’s loud mouthed Rep. Alan Grayson has produced what’s become the most talked about attack ad of the season. In a 30-second spot that began airing in Grayson’s Orlando-area district last week, the first term Democrat compares Republican opponent Dan Webster to religious fundamentalists like…
The sunshine state is set to gain two spots in Congress, according to a study of new census data released this weekend. While undoubtedly good news for Florida, Riptide is left to wonder: Who will fill the pair of seats?Our vote goes to the two men most responsible for Florida’s…
State Sen. Alex Villalobos, the former Republican majority leader of the Senate, has looked at the top of the Republican ticket in Florida this year and he doesn’t like what he sees. He’s already endorsed independent Charlie Crist in the Senate race and democrat Dan Gelber in the Attorney General…
After months of speculation, Jeff Zucker has involuntarily resigned as head of NBC Universal. The Homestead native and graduate of North Miami Senior High who did time as a freelancer for The Herald, was largely believed to have “failed upward” into his role President and CEO of NBC Universal. His…
How desperate are backers of Charlie Crist’s independent Senate campaign? Apparently desperate enough to send a flyer to Republican voters picturing Republican Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, juxtaposed next to an image of Che Guevara while claiming the conservative former state House speaker “voted like a liberal” on…
New poll numbers released by Mason-Dixon today continue to be encouraging for Democratic governor nominee Alex Sink. She holds a seven-point lead over Rick Scott. While the pollsters warn that a Sink victory is far from guaranteed, think don’t look so good for Scott. Nearly half of likely-voters don’t like…
Marco Rubio talks a lot about fiscal responsibility and his ideas to save the economy. He also talks a lot about the national debt and ways to balance the budget. So you’d think the guy would have his own finances in order. Not true. Today, The Wall Street Journal singles…
